Does this lunch sound horrible?

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One onion and one clove of garlic, chopped then heated in sunflower oil for 5 mins. Add two chopped carrots, 1 chopped red pepper, 2 chopped tomatoes, 1 can chopped tomatoes and chopped fresh basil. Simmer for 30 mins then blend, serve with fresh fusilli and cheese.

It’s for my 6.5 month old baby who is weaning, but me and DH are going to have some too.

I’m a crap cook so am just experimenting and trying new things.

Thoughts and suggestions welcome.

@Varnas nothing wrong with garlic for a baby, fats are fine and it's not deep fried!

Throw in a few shakes of Lea & Perrins (not in the baby's one though)

Sounds nice - I would have added at least two more cloves of garlic and maybe a splash of Worcestershire sauce for extra flavour. Does it taste good?

It’s a basic tomato pasta sauce. Why would it be horrible?

Google some recipes if you’re not sure.

Sounds good. I’d add some chilli to mine after I’d dished up the baby’s.

Sounded lovely until I realised is for 6.5 months old baby! shock
The food should be introduced 1 at a time, spaced by at least 4-5 days - in case of an allergy. Fried food, salt, sugar, garlic - not suitable for under 1 year old.
For 6-8 months old - boiled and mash vegetables is safest.

@Varnas almost all of that is completely outdated advice. There is no need to introduce foods one at a time unless you have specific histories of particular allergies in the family. "Fried food" - if OP were planning on feeding her baby deep fried pizza or something then sure, but if you rule out anything that involves frying an onion for the base then you're ruling out most standard dishes. No added sugar and salt, sure - but what is wrong with garlic? It's very healthy! And there is absolutely no need to give a baby only boiled and mashed vegetables. Look up baby led weaning on the NHS infant weaning pages.

Sorry OP but I think it sounds horrible. You don’t mix garlic with carrots for example.

Sounds delicious! I do that sort of thing a lot!

Grate the carrot.

@PlanDeRaccordement says who? Both carrot and garlic are in basic foundation of many dishes such as bolognaise.

www.annabelkarmel.com/recipes/babys-first-bolognese-sauce-2/

I've just made a beef casserole, it has both garlic and carrots in it. C'est normale!

In Thailand. They eat this incredibly hot soup. It makes your eyes water. They also feed it to the baby. It’s a well known dish.

So for whoever is saying no garlic for a baby. I’m sure garlic is fine if they feed babies on this hot spicy soup and they all turn into adults normally!

@Sargass0

My toddler likes similar sauces to that. We also add things like a tin of black beans or some puy lentils too.

I'd add cake.

Omg 😂

Everything tastes better with cake

All mine had garlic in things as soon as they ate proper food

@PlanDeRaccordement

Sorry OP but I think it sounds horrible. You don’t mix garlic with carrots for example.

What planet are you on? You realise there’s an actual Indian dish which is just carrot, cabbage and garlic. A lot of bolognese bases are have carrot and garlic.

damndelicious.net/2015/01/17/garlic-roasted-carrots/

www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/carrot-fry-carrot-curry-recipe/

Yeah it will be fine. I always make sauce for pasta based on what I can find in the fridge. I agree with others about the carrot. I made the same mistake and my pasta sauce was cooking for hours with enormous chunks of hard carrot in it.
Have a look at the Ella's Kitchen purple recipe book.

@Luaanna
Im on the same planet you are on. I’m used to using ginger with carrot. What the OP described would not taste nice to me. Sorry, but that’s my honest opinion.

[quote PlanDeRaccordement]@Luaanna
Im on the same planet you are on. I’m used to using ginger with carrot. What the OP described would not taste nice to me. Sorry, but that’s my honest opinion.[/quote]
Fair enough. Sorry for that, when I read it back it sounds quite rude but I was trying to be funny! Carrots do taste amazing with ginger and orange!

Marking my place for ideas

I’d add finely chopped and fried prosciutto. There’s nothing that doesn’t make better tbh.

It sounds lovely. Maybe some chopped celery and carrot as well. Enjoy your dinner 👩‍🍳

@Varnas

Sounded lovely until I realised is for 6.5 months old baby! The food should be introduced 1 at a time, spaced by at least 4-5 days - in case of an allergy. Fried food, salt, sugar, garlic - not suitable for under 1 year old. For 6-8 months old - boiled and mash vegetables is safest.

Absolutely none of that is current advice

My culinary knowledge is zero. I don't ever cook and admire anyone who can produce something edible. Could someone please explain why, if you're using a can of tomatoes, you add fresh tomatoes as well? Aren't all tomatoes the same?

Sounds delicious by the way OP.